Building Designs in Singapore

iluma buildingWOHA Architectsphotograph : Patrick Bingham-Halliluma Singapore This is an entertainment and retail development, located at the famous Bugis Street area in Singapore, now a designated arts, education and entertainment district. The design contrasts a rectilinear block against a curvaceous sculpted form. The rectilinear element accommodates large, regular components of the car park, retail anchor tenants, cinema and performance spaces, while the curved form accommodates smaller retail and entertainment activities along meandering paths. The dialogue between the two elements is heightened by the architectural treatment, with vibrant hot colours animating the rectilinear block and monochrome shades of grey and white cladding the curvilinear block.

The Interlace Singapore DevelopmentOle Scheeren of OMAimage from architectThe Interlace Singapore The buildings are located on an elevated eight-hectare site, bounded by Alexandra Road and the Ayer Rajah Expressway, amidst the verdant Southern Ridges of Singapore. With about 170,000m2 of gross floor area, the development will provide 1,040 apartment units of varying sizes with extensive outdoor spaces and landscaping. The site completes a green belt that stretches between Kent Ridge, Telok Blangah Hill and Mount Faber Parks. Designed by Ole Scheeren, partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), The Interlace breaks away from Singapore’s standard typology of isolated, vertical apartment towers and instead explores a dramatically different approach to tropical living.

Fish HouseGuz Architectspicture : Patrick Bingham HallContemporary Singapore House This modern tropical bungalow encapsulates the essence of living in the hot and humid climate of Singapore by creating open spaces which encourage natural ventilation and offer residents views to the ocean. The main design concept is to create a house which has close relationship with nature and this is achieved by having a swimming-pool linking the house with the landscape and ultimately visual connections with the sea. The idea of connection is reinforced by having the basement level media-room with a u-shaped acrylic window which allows diffuse natural light in and also views out into the pool.

Fullerton Bay Hotel, Collyer QuayDP Architectsimage from architectsSingapore Hotel Building The new intervention comprised of a 6-storey hotel as well as single storey structures which links the two heritage buildings to the hotel. Congruent to the procession of a hotel guest from the drop-off at Clifford Pier to the hotel via a single storey structure, the outlook & facade of the entire hotel compound slowly transits from a heritage appearance to the new built intervention, in terms of materials and colour.